LCC secures record-breaking bond after vote Lane Community College successfully passed the $121.5 million bond with more than 58 percent of the votes on May 19. The bond money will be overseen by a committee comprised of 11 individuals. According to LCC’s webpage, the committee will include “three to five residents at-large, three members from…
Lane Community College’s Cottage Grove campus to be the site of the first federally qualified health center in Lane County area outside Eugene and Springfield. The clinic, which will occupy a portion of campus, will be focused on providing healthcare to underserved populations that may not be able to access services otherwise, including individuals covered…
Students will soon be able to pursue both two- and four-year degrees President Hamilton has solidified a partnership contract between Lane Community College and Pacific University. On April 4, Hamilton and Pacific University President Lesley Halik electronically signed the business agreement. This partnership will bring Pacific University to LCC’s main campus. Their classrooms will be…
Funding for LCC student groups is under review As reported earlier, spring term at Lane Community College will now be entirely online in response to COVID-19 restrictions, prompting a re-evaluation of student activity fees. Student groups like the Psychology Club as well as student identity groups like the Black Student Union and the Native American…
In 1971 when I began teaching Writing and Literature in the LCC English Department, I became good friends with Ben Kirk, a Science Department teacher now deceased at age 96. Ben had been awarded the honor of “The State of Michigan High-School Science Teacher of the Year” before moving to Oregon. Here he was assigned…
Six students debate topics relevant to student issues The fourth annual Speak Out at Lane Community College began Saturday morning on Feb. 8 at 9 a.m. Daniel Henry has run all four of the events. Henry is a full-time speech and communication instructor who was drawn to LCC because of the diversity of students and…
Lane Community College president Margaret Hamilton passed out pizza and met with students to discuss the budget on the second floor of the Center Building on Tuesday Feb. 11. The pizza was provided by Bartolotti’s on the first floor allowing for a steady stream of pies. A poster of the school’s current budget of over…
It is a common goal in this newsroom to write information in an honest and balanced way. However, we are constrained by what information we are given. As student journalists, we try our best to pursue our degrees while following through on every news story that hits our desks. On top of the busy schedule,…
In spite of Follet’s best efforts to accept Electronic Benefit Transfer and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments by the beginning of the winter term there is still no clear date as to when the Titan Store will be accepting EBT and SNAP cards. The time-consuming application process began at the beginning of fall term in…
